Officer-Involved Shootings

The Officer-Involved Shootings topic page provides news about cops in deadly confrontations, as well as tactical tips and columnists’ perspective on how to handle such situations. Most police officers will go through an entire career without discharging their weapon in the commission of their job. But on a daily basis, every single officer thinks about being in a gunfight.

Jimmie Nelms walked Kansas State Trooper Conroy O’Brien into a ditch, pistol whipped him and fractured his skull, then told him to beg for his life before shooting him twice, killing him. How to stop his parole

After driving 118 mph on a New Mexico highway, a man who kidnapped his pregnant wife and kid came to a stop. Officer Bryan Waller pulled up behind and demanded he turn off his vehicle and surrender. Suspect opens fire